June, igoi.] SWAINSON : LePIDOPTEROUS LaRV^ FROM JaMATCA, 81 



Cydosia submutata JValk. 



A pretty half looper larva, soft velvety black with orange marks 

 down the back and sides ; between these are tiny yellow marks. On 

 the third, fourth and fifth segments are only tiny orange marks and on 

 the third segment four shining black spines ; the fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments have two spines each ; on the rest of the body are very fine 

 black hairs. Face and legs black with orange marks. When quite 

 young the pale yellow marks are white. When touched the larvge 

 curl themselves and drop to the ground. Turned to a chrysalis in the 

 earth, chestnut brown, short and fat. 



Euthisanotia timais Cram. 



I.arva black, about two inches long ; the body is covered with 

 small pale yellow spots ; face, legs and tail dull buff with black marks, 

 front legs black. There are very fine black hairs on the body. Pupa 

 dark brown, formed in the earth. Food plant lilies. They seem to 

 eat most kinds and are quite a pest, eating off every leaf down to the 

 ground. Lent lilies they are very fond of. 



[This description does not agree at all with Guenee's figure, Sp. 

 gen. Noct. vi, plate 2, Fig. 6, but there is no reason to doubt the 

 accuracy of Mrs. Swainson's notes. Her bred moth is before me — 

 Harrison G. Dyar.] 



Gonodonta incurva Sepp. 



A beautiful jet black velvety [semi-] looper nearly two inches long ; 

 face black with small cream colored spots on top of head. On each 

 segment at the sides are bright red spots : on the second and third 

 segments is a band of bright red across the middle of the back ; the 

 band on the second segment has tiny cream colored marks around it ; 

 on the fourth segment are cream marks with a red one across them. 

 All the other segments have two red spots each side of the middle of 

 the back. When young these spots are orange and in some pale yellow. 



Pupa smooth, red brown, enclosed in a nest of cut up leaves. 

 They have a curious way of attaching this nest to the side of a stem. 



Plusia eriosoma Doubl. 



A small green [semi-] looper. When quite young the back is dark 

 green with a whitish line on each side, below which on each segment 

 is a black dot. Front legs black, face yellowish. When fully grown 

 the caterpillar is over one inch long, the body, legs, face and all are 



